Unstoppable vs Redundant - What's the difference?
unstoppable | redundant |
Unable to be stopped.
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Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.
Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
(chiefly, British) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed; as in "rendered redundant".
Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing back-up in the event the other component fails.
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As adjectives the difference between unstoppable and redundant
is that unstoppable is unable to be stopped while redundant is superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.unstoppable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- King Hrothgar thought that Grendel was unstoppable .
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Antonyms
* stoppableDerived terms
* unstoppablyredundant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.